Solid Weekend for Lambton Jr. Sting Minor Atoms
MARCH 4, 2015
The Lambton Jr. Sting Minor Atom
AAA had a solid weekend taking
two wins against Cambridge in
Alliance League Consolation
final series.
At home on Saturday the Jr.
Sting defeated Cambridge 3 - 1.
Isaac Oliphant led the team
scoring 2 goals and Tanner
Winegard added a single.
Winegard picked up his second
point of the game with an
assist. Aaron Shanks and
Bo Doxtator also earned assist.
Earning the win in net was
Caiden Smit.
“I was proud
of the team today," head coach
Corey Pageau said "It was not
our best game of the year, but
Smit was strong in net and the
team did what it took to win the
game. Too many times we came
out on the wrong end of a tight
game, but the kids are learning
what it takes to win”
Hardest
worker awards in Saturday's game
went to Isaac Oliphant, Caiden
Smit.
On Sunday the
two teams met for game two in
Cambridge and came home with a
solid 7 - 1 win.
“Great road
win today, Pageau said. "Leading
3 – 1 heading into the third
period, the boys came out a
little flat, but then re-focused
and laid down the hammer and put
Cambridge away."
Aaron Shanks
was the top gun for the Jr.
Sting in this game scoring 4
goals and earning an assist for
a five point game. Tanner
Winegard earned four points
scoring 2 goals and 2 assists.
Nolan Mumford earned 2 points
with a goal and an assist.
Ryan Pageau
had a 2 point game assisting on
two goals and earning single
points with assists were Adam
Osler, Aaron Shanks, Lucas
Gaspari, Landon Buckingham and
Luke Doan.
Carter
LaRocque picked up the win in
net for Lambton and also was
name one of the Hardest Workers
Award recipients in this game
along with Aaron Shanks.
"Solid
goaltending by La Roque coupled
with another great game
from Shanks and Winegard,
helped us win with a great team
effort.”
Lambton leads
the best of five series 2 - 0
and look for another win and the
Championship on Saturday at home
for game three. Game time
is at 12:00 pm at the RBC
Centre.
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